Sunday, October 18, 2009

Bankruptcy statistics for Nebraska, Iowa and nationwide for the first eight months of this year and for all of 2008:
January-August 2009
Nebraska bankruptcy filings up 13 percent from the same period last year, to 5,051
Iowa up 30 percent, to 6,702
Nationally, up 34 percent to 921,659
For 2008
Nebraska bankrutpcy filings up 25 percent from 2007, to 6,715
Iowa up 15 percent to 7,853
Nationally, up 33 percent to 1.064 million.
Sources: U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Nebraska; National Bankruptcy Research Center